Smarter duration discounts and scheduling notice for rentals

Overview

EveryCatch now handles duration-based discounts and minimum scheduling notice in a way that better matches how you set up rentals with predefined rental periods and rental times.

In the past, some discount and restriction rules could behave differently from what you expected because eligibility was checked using the exact underlying duration of the booking instead of the rental period you configured. This was most noticeable for day-based, night-based, weekly, and monthly rentals where your customers pick dates instead of specific times.

With this update, your discounts and booking rules line up more reliably with how you define each rental period and how you sell your rentals to customers.

What changed

Smarter duration-based discounts

Duration-based discounts now look at the listing’s configured rental period instead of only the exact hour count. This helps your discounts apply more consistently across date-based rental modes like stays charged by nights, weeks, or months.

Example

Imagine a vacation rental configured with:

• Rental start time: 3:00 PM
• Rental end time: 11:00 AM
• A discount for stays of 2 days or longer

A customer books from Monday to Wednesday.

Even though the exact duration between check-in and check-out is under 48 hours, the booking clearly counts as a 2-day stay based on dates. With the new logic, this booking now correctly qualifies for the 2-day discount.

Improved minimum scheduling notice

For rentals that use Days, Weeks, or Months as the booking unit, EveryCatch now evaluates the minimum scheduling notice based on the rental period you configured, instead of strict hour-by-hour timing.

For example, consider a listing that requires:

• Minimum scheduling notice: 2 days

If today is Wednesday and the booking starts on Friday, the system will accept the booking, regardless of the exact start time on Friday, because it meets the 2-day notice requirement.

Previously, EveryCatch treated this as an exact 48-hour requirement, which could lead to cases where a Friday booking was rejected if the hour difference was slightly under 48 hours.

If your business needs precise time-based cutoffs, you can still use the Hours option for scheduling notice. For example, a 48-hour notice requirement set in hours will continue to be enforced as an exact 48-hour window.

Why this matters

• Makes duration-based discounts work more consistently for day-based, night-based, weekly, and monthly rentals.
• Aligns booking restrictions with the rental periods you define in your listings.
• Provides a booking experience that matches how you and your customers think about stays and rental durations.
• Reduces confusion about when discounts apply and how far in advance customers must book.
• Helps rentals in EveryCatch behave more naturally for businesses that use predefined rental periods for their inventory.